JANE HEDENGEN: How many CR & AR will she ANNIHILATE❓

How about we just let her run a second college race?

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How about you stay in your lane and out of what I choose to discuss❓🤔

Of the all time top 10 high school 5000 meter runners, just 2 have ever gone on to make a USA track team. Mary Cain at 1500m and Emily Sisson in the marathon. Neither was a medal threat. The other 8 have dealt with long term injuries that have limited their ncaa and pro development.

Many are excited about Jane Hedengren, but are just cautious in predicting her college and pro results.

Jane Hedengen is a generational talent like Mary Cain but with a outstanding support system, she is in a better position to succeed than any of the pre mentioned top 10 5000m high school runners. Her support system is that of a pro and keeping her healthy so she can progress is a top priority.

If we move down to steeple, 2 mile and 1 mile and equivalent, only Addy Wiley (indoor), Elise Cranny, Angelina Napoleon and again Cain from among 40-50 athletes have made US teams.

Amazingly, in the whole record list, only Tuohy has won an ncaa title. (Wiley won NAIA).

Assuming all healthy, someone could run 14:40 at 5000 and still not get a team spot behind Houlihan, Cranny, Schweizer, Kelati, Andrews, Monson, Purrier and Valby.

Your thoughts are bold, will be fun to follow.

every 2 to 3 years there seems to be another "all time great" high school girl runner who destroys the last "all time great" girl's records

Your question is off base. Times are much faster today due to shoes and tracks and training. Many of the top 10 are still young. The real question is how many women who made world teams were top 3 high school runners? Not all were but many were.

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Hundreds of poster's thought I was off bas about Kenenisa Bekele 20 years ago. Jane Hedengen is a similar talent, if she can just stay healthy she will make U.S. teams especially in 2027 and 2028.

Let's get a few things straight here.

One, you've been riding the success of your Bekele prediction for the last 20 years. What other predictions have you gotten right since then?

Two, your Bekele prediction wasn't even bold. Before you made your prediction, Bekele broke the world junior record in the 3k and swept the senior world xc champs when he was 19. Didn't need to be Nostradamus to see he was special.

Three, in your first post in that Bekele thread, you predicted he would beat El G in the 5000m at the World Championships. You wrote, "I don't think Hicham have a chance in the 5000m at all now! Kenenisa will force the pace and break Hicham before 3500m if Hicham even runs the World 5000m." Wrong!

Four, your prediction for Hedengren is neither bold nor original. Many others on this board have said she will do those things.

Five, if you truly believe Hedengren is a similar talent to Bekele, you'd be predicting her to do more than just break college and American records and compete for a lower medal at the next Olympics. You'd be predicting World records and Olympic gold. THAT would be a bold prediction.

Good point, but Sisson has made multiple Worlds teams and an Olympic team also in the 10K. It is interesting to think about though when considering long term development for generational talents when they’re young.

Generational talents only come along once every generation. Decker, Cain, and Hedegren come to mind.

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Dude you did nothing with your long drawn statement, you're obviously one of my haters.

What other predictions did I get right❓. Find the thread I picked the best women to run sub 30 minutes on the track. At the time, one never had run a 10000m and the other pb was over 32 minutes.

Everything I said was true. It's not personal, it's just truth. That's why you can't counter.

It's time for her to move to the marathon!

From HS to college to pro all in one swoop here. I wonder what she'll do when she retires?

All of them. She will hold every CR from 800 to 10,000 by the time she graduates if she doesn't decide to go pro before then.

Cain was a victim of a psychopath coach, but most distance runners are provided with a good support system, and keeping a runner healthy is always a primary goal.

No, not the 800. Slight exaggeration there.

All who made usa teams were the ones that were ready to make those teams. Some missed because they weren't ready when it counted most. Not everyone is developmentally ready at the same time or on a linear path to make a solid prediction very far out into the future.

There really is a lot of luck involved within our qualifying system limitations. We know what should happen but often it doesn't.

I wish her the best. I will cheer her on loudly. She certainly has great potential. But there is just as much if not more potential for not making it. We celebrate when they make it and feel bad when they don't.

Then it's who's next. Father time does not care or wait for us.